The most famous pseudo, and the prototypical
newbie. Articles from B1FF feature all uppercase
letters sprinkled liberally with bangs, typos, ‘cute’
misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD OLD BIFF CUZ KØØL DOOD AN
HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and
often misuse) of fragments of talk mode
abbreviations, a long sig block (sometimes even a
doubled sig), and unbounded naivete. B1FF posts
articles using his elder brother's VIC-20. B1FF's location is a mystery,
as his articles appear to come from a variety of sites. However, BITNET
seems to be the most frequent origin. The theory that B1FF is a denizen of
BITNET is supported by B1FF's (unfortunately invalid) electronic mail
address: B1FF@BIT.NET.

[1993: Now It Can Be Told! My spies inform me that B1FF was
originally created by Joe Talmadge <jat@cup.hp.com>, also the author
of the infamous and much-plagiarized “Flamer's Bible”. The
BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton, who posted
BIFFisms much more widely. Versions have since been posted for the
amusement of the net at large. See also Jeff K.
—ESR]